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June 20, 2013
5 on Friday - Set176
Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.
I'm back from the farewell trip to say a final goodbye to my grandmother. I wrote 13 Ways to Remember My Grandmother if you'd like to 'meet' her through my post.
This week I think it's time to embrace life. My once-a-month feature focuses on musical birthday boys and musical birthday girls. Let's see what the June birthday girls have in store for us....
June 19, 2013
Thursday Thirteen - 283 - 13 Ways to Remember My Grandmother
1 - Last Thursday my sister and I boarded a plane to fly to Michigan. Although my sister and her husband had just been in Michigan only a few weeks before, she was headed back again. Her strong urge to schedule their vacation for May and to drive there to see our 90-year-old grandmother Viola gave them a last chance to see each other before Grandma's life came to an unexpected close.
2 - This is the quilted runner that my sister made for Grandma, using her favorite color -- purple. Grandma was...
June 13, 2013
5 on Friday - Set 175
Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.
As you read this, I'll be in Michigan to attend my grandmother's funeral.
Obituary for Viola Phillips
She was my last remaining grandparent. For someone nearing 50, it's not very common to have living grandparents. I've been very blessed with two grandmothers who lived into their early 90s.
As we celebrate my grandmother's life and enjoy the family reu...
June 12, 2013
June 6, 2013
5 on Friday - Set 174
Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.
1 - Bedroom Hymns - Florence + The Machine
This is a Vikings fan video. In the like-attracts-like category, I've discovered that the people who make fan videos featuring the shows that I like, also have a similar taste in music.
I hadn't heard of Florence +The Machine before watching this fan video, and now I can'...
June 5, 2013
Thursday Thirteen - 282 - 13 Things We've Discovered in the Hoard
For most people, having someone come over to install a dishwasher wouldn't be that big of a deal. Perhaps sweep up, maybe move some stuff off of a counter.
However, when you're a hoarder , things are never, ever that simple.
The dishwasher installation is going to include some electrical work, which requires access to a room once intended to be my writing office, but which is now packed floor-to-ceiling with stuff.
My husband has rapid cycling bipolar disorder with high levels of agoraphobia , and...
However, when you're a hoarder , things are never, ever that simple.
The dishwasher installation is going to include some electrical work, which requires access to a room once intended to be my writing office, but which is now packed floor-to-ceiling with stuff.
My husband has rapid cycling bipolar disorder with high levels of agoraphobia , and...
May 30, 2013
5 on Friday - Set 173
Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.
My writers' group wraps up its winter/spring session with an all-day June workshop this Saturday, and I'll be co-presenting the first workshop along with a local Halifax actress I met at the Women Making Waves film conference in March -- Kirstin Howell . We'll be talking about which sorts of character-finding methods actors reach for in their techniq...
I'm blogging at The Popculturedivas today
I'm over at The Popculturedivas today, with another look at the 13 E-books Donated to the Brenda Novak Online Auction For Diabetes .
Two days left to bid on this and many other amazing goods and services!
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May 23, 2013
5 on Friday - Set 172
Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.
Well, it's time once again for celebrating May birthdays with this set's birthday boys.
1 - Higher Love - Steve Winwood
2 - Urgent - Lou Gramm, lead singer for Foreigner
3 - The Unforgettable Fire - Bono, lead singer for U2
4 - You're The Best Thing - Paul Weller, lead singer for The Style...
May 22, 2013
Thursday Thirteen - 280 - 13 Questions For Paula Altenburg, Author of Desire by Design
Welcome to today's stop on Paula Altenburg 's DESIRE BY DESIGN blog tour.
Paula is a fellow member of my writers' group, Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada , and it's my very great pleasure to welcome her here today.
1 - Tell us a little bit about DESIRE BY DESIGN's journey from idea to published novel.
I have two 'writer me's' -- the one who likes writing single title, dark paranormal romance and fantasy, and the one who likes creating short and sweet quirky romances. And always, I'm about the ch...
